US Attorney Pirro Addresses Crime in Washington DC on Fox News Sunday – “President Trump has Literally Changed the Safety Landscape in Washington DC” (VIDEO)

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to talk about President Trump and his efforts to rid Washington DC of crime.

“How do you respond to critics who say this is way too heavy handed?” Bream asked.

“President Trump has literally changed the safety landscape in Washington DC,” Pirro said.

“Who is the person who says, you know, crime is low enough for us to handle. Who decides what is acceptable? If we go from intolerable to unacceptable, does that mean we should pat ourselves on the back and say let’s just leave town?” Pirro continued.

“Washington was one of the most violent cities not just in the United States, but in the world,” Pirro declared.

“We’ve got individuals who are being shot, stabbed, beaten and brutalized and arrests are not being made,” Pirro said.

“What we need is to recognize that the first order of government is the protection of its people and President Trump is willing to make sure that DC has the resources,” Pirro continued.

US Attorney Pirro also commented on the leniency that DC laws are for minors who commit crimes with firearms.

“If you are 15, 16 or 17 years old and you shoot someone, but they don’t die, I can’t prosecute you? You go to family court where you end up being you know, the purpose is rehabilitation, and what we’ve got carjackings it’s like up, I don’t know 200 percent in a short period of time. And then these young kids, they are punks, they end up torching the cars afterwards and I can’t prosecute them, I can’t arrest them,” Pirro explained.

“We are working with the police to put together these cases to make sure that when they go to court, they get a conviction and that there is a sentence that is consistent with the acts that are occurring,” Pirro said.

“If President Trump didn’t do this, Washington would continue to be one of the most violent cities in the world and anyone who is against it is about politics and not about safety for our fellow citizens,” Pirro continued.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and former President Obama were critical of President Trump’s policies of using the military for protecting cities.

“What about those concerns?” Bream asked.

“You know, they are both laughable. President Obama to come out and make a comment on Chicago, a city that is his city, that has been one of the most violent cities in America that has shootings and killings frequently since I can remember. Every weekend there are shootings in Chicago. What are they doing about it?” Pirro said.

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Corruption Crisis Continues to Bludgeon Democrats’ Biggest Contributor

DNC Winter Meet (Wikimedia)

ActBlue has become the financial engine of the Democrat Party. Since its founding in 2004, the Massachusetts-based nonprofit has directed more than $16 billion to Democrat campaigns and left-wing organizations. 

In the first quarter of 2025 alone, it processed $400 million, its strongest non-election quarter ever. Democrats call this proof of grassroots enthusiasm. 

In reality, ActBlue is now the center of multiple federal investigations, accused of allowing straw donors, foreign contributions, and widespread fraud that undermines the integrity of American elections.

The Gateway Pundit was first to reveal that ActBlue received NEARLY HALF of its donations in 2019 from 4.7 million unemployed donors!

Democrats were also funneling donations to BLM that went directly to Democrat politicians.

Donations, Including International Funding, to BlackLivesMatter.com Go Directly to ActBlue, Which Supports the DNC

In April 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to investigate ActBlue’s operations. 

According to federal investigators, the platform had been connected to twenty-two separate fraud campaigns, nearly half of which showed foreign ties. 

A House GOP report revealed that between September 2022 and November 2024, ActBlue processed nearly 1,900 fraudulent transactions. 

At least 237 of those transactions were traced to foreign IP addresses using prepaid cards in just two months of the 2024 campaign season. 

These findings suggest that a platform Democrats present as a small-dollar grassroots operation may in fact be a vehicle for foreign influence and systemic fraud.

The way ActBlue handled its own security makes these allegations even more troubling. Internal documents show that in 2024, the organization weakened its fraud detection systems not once, but twice. 

These changes allowed an additional 14 to 28 fraudulent contributions to slip past safeguards every month. 

At its worst point, the system failed to detect 6.4% of fraudulent attempts. ActBlue also operated for years without requiring CVV security codes on credit card donations, and it accepted prepaid gift cards that can be purchased anonymously. 

These policies created the perfect environment for foreign money and straw donors to flood the system, shielded from oversight.

The foreign influence concerns are not hypothetical. Investigators traced contributions to countries including Brazil, India, and Saudi Arabia. 

These donations were often structured in repeated small-dollar amounts designed to avoid detection, a method that artificially inflated ActBlue’s claim of millions of grassroots donors. 

While Democrats tout ActBlue as proof of popular support, the reality is that the same donor name can be listed hundreds of times, raising serious questions about the true origin of the money

This practice not only misleads the public but threatens the legitimacy of the campaign finance system.

The scandal has triggered turmoil inside ActBlue itself. In December 2024, 142 insiders—including consultants, campaign vendors, and donors—signed a letter warning that ActBlue’s lack of security protections was eroding confidence in Democrat fundraising. 

Just two months later, seven senior officials resigned, including the organization’s top legal officer and vice president of customer service. 

Union representatives described the resignations as an “alarming pattern” that revealed systemic instability. 

When the very staff responsible for donor protections are abandoning ship, it speaks volumes about the depth of the problems inside the organization.

Congress has now stepped in. The House Oversight, Judiciary, and Administration committees have issued subpoenas to top ActBlue officials, requiring them to provide sworn testimony. 

At the same time, the Department of Justice is pursuing its own criminal investigation into potential violations of federal election law. 

ActBlue has long been presented as the symbol of Democrat grassroots power. Yet the evidence now shows that it is a system vulnerable to abuse, designed in ways that opened the door to fraud and foreign interference. 

Instead of empowering ordinary Americans, ActBlue may have enabled schemes that compromised the very elections it claimed to strengthen. 

For years Democrats attacked Republicans over claims of “dark money,” but now the Democrat Party’s fundraising giant stands exposed as a machine riddled with corruption and scandal. 

The choice for Democrats is simple: fix it, or admit that their so-called grassroots platform was built on a lie.

Here’s more analysis from this author.

WATCH: TEXAS Democrat INDICTED — STOLE Thousands from TAXPAYERS with SIBLINGS

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Another Democrat Official Caught in Federal Corruption Case

President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on Friday, June 27, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Abe McNatt)

Federal prosecutors in Detroit unveiled new charges on Thursday that expose yet another case of corruption within the Wayne County government. 

Jontae Jackson, a 45-year-old former taxpayer assistant in the county treasurer’s office, was charged with bribery, conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. 

According to court documents, Jackson pocketed nearly $18,000 in bribes in exchange for illegally removing properties from the county’s tax foreclosure list.

Prosecutors allege that Jackson worked with Zina Thomas, 61, a former director at the United Community Housing Coalition, a nonprofit organization aimed at protecting struggling Detroit homeowners. 

WATCH: TEXAS Democrat INDICTED — STOLE Thousands from TAXPAYERS with SIBLINGS

Instead, Thomas conspired to steal more than 30 properties from low-income residents, using forged quitclaim deeds, fake driver’s licenses, and fraudulent residency documents. 

Jackson would process the documents, remove the properties from foreclosure, and Thomas would flip the homes without the consent of the rightful owners.

The scheme lasted from March to September 2023, and prosecutors say it preyed on Detroiters who were already at risk of losing their homes. 

At least $17,950 in bribe payments were funneled to Jackson. Both she and Thomas are expected to plead guilty, with potential prison sentences of up to ten years.

This scandal is not an isolated incident. It comes on the heels of a wave of public corruption cases in Michigan. 

Just this month, former Inkster Mayor Patrick Wimberly was sentenced in a bribery scheme involving a strip club shakedown. 

Earlier in August, Saif Alsenad, the former government and public affairs director of Wayne County, was charged with lying to the FBI during a bribery investigation. 

These cases paint a bleak picture of Michigan politics, where local government officials repeatedly betray the trust of the very citizens they are sworn to serve.

Unfortunately, Michigan is far from alone. Across the country, similar cases of corruption and abuse of power are surfacing. 

In Texas, nine Democrat officials pleaded not guilty last month in one of the most significant ballot-harvesting cases in the state’s history. 

The indictments followed a two-year investigation led by Attorney General Ken Paxton, which uncovered an organized scheme to manipulate mail-in ballots across several counties in South Texas.

Texas law makes the practice of compensated ballot collection a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000

Prosecutors allege that the group not only harvested ballots unlawfully but also used electronic payment platforms, such as Cash App, to buy votes. 

Court filings describe a deliberate effort to manipulate elections in multiple races by preying on the most vulnerable voters.

For years, Democrats have insisted that voter fraud is virtually nonexistent. Yet this single investigation in Texas has already produced 15 felony indictments—hard evidence that fraud does exist, and it undermines public trust in the election process. 

Together, these cases send a clear message: corruption and election fraud are not isolated incidents but part of a systemic problem. 

When public officials can be bribed to erase tax records or when political operatives can manipulate ballots, the foundations of democracy erode.

Both Michigan and Texas are now test cases for whether justice will prevail. If prosecutors succeed, Jackson, Thomas, and the Texas ballot harvesters will face prison time.

However, if the political establishment downplays or dismisses these crimes, ordinary Americans will only become increasingly distrustful of their institutions.

The American people deserve a government that works for them, not against them. 

Until corruption and fraud are punished consistently—regardless of party affiliation—citizens will remain justified in doubting the system’s fairness.

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Retired CBS News White House Reporter Mark Knoller Passed Away; Keeper of Presidential Statistics Who Covered Up Cindy Sheehan’s Terrorist Sympathies During Iraq War Protest

Retired CBS News Radio White House reporter Mark Knoller has passed away at age 73 in Washington, D.C., CBS News announced on Saturday. Knoller, who retired in 2020, was well-regarded by his fellow correspondents for his generosity and sense of humor, as well as being the unofficial keeper of presidential statistics for the media who could tell you how many days a president took off for vacations or how many trips on Marine One they took. Knoller covered the White House from President George H.W. Bush through President Donald Trump’s first term.

CBS News reporter Mark Knoller, screen image via C-SPAN, July 31, 2009

Knoller’s reporting was not without controversy. In August 2005 he was the first national reporter to interview Cindy Sheehan in Crawford, Texas when the Gold Star mother of Iraq KIA Army Spc. Casey Sheehan arrived by bus with pro-terrorist communist radicals to protest President George W. Bush over the Iraq war while he spent the month on a working vacation at his Crawford ranch.

Knoller and the other reporters there chose not to report that Sheehan called the Islamist terrorists flooding into Iraq from overseas to kill American soldiers and Iraqis, “freedom fighters.”

Knoller’s failure to report Sheehan’s sympathy for Islamist terrorists helped the media paint her as a grieving ‘everymom’ protesting the war rather than as the radical activist she was.

This writer first reported Knoller’s cover-up of Sheehan’s radicalism in 2005 at FreeRepublic.com (excerpt):

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq whose August antiwar vigil in Crawford, Texas has captured the nation’s attention as she camped out on the side of a road leading to President Bush’s ranch demanding a meeting with him, called the foreign terrorists in Iraq (AKA al Qaeda in Iraq) ‘freedom fighters’ during her first meeting with reporters when she arrived in Crawford, August 6–remarks that when unreported until now.

Mrs. Sheehan also expressed sympathy for Iraqis who have used car bombs and suicide bombings to fight the American-led coalition forces in Iraq.

Video of her incendiary remarks were found on a link from the website of Veterans for Peace, one of the groups that accompanied Mrs. Sheehan to Crawford.

Surrounded by reporters with notepads, tape recorders and video cameras, Mrs. Sheehan spoke freely in response to a question by CBS News’ Mark Knoller.

Mr. Knoller asked, “You know that the president says Iraq is the central front in the war on terrorism, don’t you believe that?”

Mrs. Sheehan replied, “No, because it’s not true. You know Iraq was no threat to the United States of America until we invaded. I mean they’re not even a threat to the United States of America. Iraq was not involved in 9/11, Iraq was not a terrorist state. But now that we have decimated the country the borders are open, freedom fighters from other countries are going in and they (America) have created more terrorism by going to an Islamic country, devastating the country and killing innocent people in that country. The terrorism is growing and people who never thought of being car bombers or suicide bombers are now doing it because they want the United States of America out of their country.”

The video was shot by an unknown person who accompanied Mrs. Sheehan on her bus ride from the Veterans for Peace convention, held in in Dallas, to Crawford.

When asked by columnist John Leo about his not reporting on Sheehan’s extremist statements, Knoller replied he “really wasn’t interested.”

Excerpt from the CBS News report on Knoller’s passing:

Longtime CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller has died at the age of 73.

He died in Washington, D.C., according to a close friend. The cause of death was not disclosed, but he suffered from diabetes and had been in ill health.

Knoller was, to put it simply, a legend. For decades, everyone in the White House press corps knew him as the unofficial presidential historian and statistician.

His frustration over the lack of a central database of daily presidential actions inspired him to take upon himself the enormous burden of keeping meticulous records of every presidential act, movement, and utterance, single-handedly filling an immense void in American history.

As he once put it: “I keep a daily log of everything the president does. I keep a list of speeches. I keep a list of travel – foreign travel, domestic travel. A list of outings. A list of golf. A list of pardons, vetoes, states that he’s visited, states that he hasn’t visited. Every time he goes on vacation, every visit to Camp David.”

…And what did Knoller do with this hard-earned gold mine of statistics and numbers? In the extremely competitive world of journalism, you might think he would hoard it for his own use. But no. This remarkably generous man shared it with anyone who asked – reporters on deadline, historians, even White House aides filling gaps in their own administration’s records. He believed the public had a right to know.

Tribute to Knoller on Face the Nation:

Knoller speaking in 2009 about condensing reporting down to 140 characters in the early years of Twitter, now known as X.

Knoller’s last tweet, posted August 11, was a joking comment on President Trump’s policing takeover in Washington, D.C., “What city gets the Trump treatment next? Mayberry?”

Last March, as the controversy of the Biden administration’s use of an auto=pen heated up, Knoller flashed back to his reporting on President Obama’s use of of an auto-pen to sign bills, “In 2015, when I questioned Obama’s use of the Autopen to sign legislation into law, his WH cited DOJ Office of Legal Counsel asserting that “the President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign.””

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SHOCKING: Top Neurosurgeon Exposes How LEDs Are Turning Patriots Into Passive ‘Incel’ Pawns | Elijah Schaffer

This article originally appeared on rifttv.com and was republished with permission.

In a world where truth is buried under layers of corporate and government agendas, a chilling revelation emerges: the LED light mandate is no innocent push for energy efficiency. It’s a calculated move to bathe Americans in artificial blue light, a silent weapon rewiring our brains, bodies, and society itself.

From plummeting birth rates to fractured families, from political extremism to media-fueled chaos, the pervasive glow of blue light is not just a health hazard—it’s a tool of control.

Neurosurgeon Dr. Jack Kruse, in an explosive interview with Rift TV host Elijah Schaffer, pulls back the curtain on this insidious plot, exposing how the government and media are complicit in a scheme to manipulate the public’s biology and behavior.

In 2007, the U.S. Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act, mandating a phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in favor of energy-efficient alternatives like LEDs.

Championed as a step toward “sustainability,” the transition gained momentum under the Obama administration, with the Department of Energy enforcing stricter efficiency standards.

By 2028, under Biden administration rules, incandescent bulbs will be effectively banned, replaced by LEDs that emit high levels of blue light.

The Department of Energy touts this as a triumph for reducing carbon emissions, claiming LEDs use up to 80% less energy. But what’s left unsaid is the cost to human health and societal stability.

Blue light, with wavelengths between 400 and 500 nanometers, mimics the spectrum of natural daylight but lacks the balance of sunlight’s full spectrum. Studies from institutions like Harvard Medical School have linked prolonged exposure to blue light—especially at night—to disrupted circadian rhythms, suppressed melatonin production, and increased risks of obesity, diabetes, and mood disorders.

Yet, the government’s push for LEDs ignores these findings, prioritizing corporate interests and green optics over public well-being.

Kruse, a board-certified neurosurgeon, warns this is no accident but a deliberate strategy to keep Americans sick, infertile, and divided.

He points to the rise of the “incel,” involuntary celibate, movement, particularly among young men with far-right political leanings, as a symptom of blue light toxicity.

“What if I was to tell you that sexual identity, gender, and sexual choice is also on a spectrum?” Kruse said, explaining that blue light disrupts non-visual photoreceptors, particularly vitamin A (retinol), which affects sleep and hormonal pathways. “It moves your epigenetics back and forth. It’s mostly methylation and histone modification on DNA.”

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This epigenetic shift, Kruse claims, suppresses testosterone and oxytocin, hormones critical for bonding, reproduction, and social engagement. The result? A generation of men disinterested in relationships or procreation, proudly embracing asexuality under purple and black flags—colors Kruse notes ironically align with ultraviolet light and semiconductor properties tied to light toxicity.

“I don’t think the people in that community are smart enough to know that purple and black was really wise to pick,” he remarked, hinting at a deeper, almost orchestrated influence.

This hormonal disruption, Kruse argues, dampens activism by sapping the drive for collective action.

“When you’re in a committed relationship with a woman, she has a duty to tell you if you’re performing or not performing,” he said, linking sexual dysfunction to broader societal apathy.

By weakening family units and reducing birth rates, blue light exposure aligns with what Kruse sees as a technocratic agenda to control population growth and suppress resistance.

“The government right now wants you sick, wants you infertile, because what does that do? It actually gives them more power over us,” he warned.

Kruse’s most explosive claim is that the media and entertainment industries, saturated with blue-light-emitting screens, are complicit in this manipulation.

From smartphones to TVs to LED-lit studios, the constant exposure keeps viewers in a state of heightened stress and reduced cognitive clarity.

“What does blue light do to blood glucose and insulin? Raises both of them. You don’t have to eat a cheesecake,” Kruse explained, noting that this metabolic stress mimics a fight-or-flight response, keeping audiences agitated and distracted.

This environment, he argues, fuels divisive political narratives and sensationalized content, as seen in what Schaffer called the “telenovelas of politics.”

Kruse agreed: “It’s bullshit. It’s like, fucking these are soap operas. I know it gets eyeball clicks, but you know why? Because those are retards that are all…blue lit.”

By keeping audiences hooked on divisive, emotionally charged media, the industry ensures they remain too fatigued and polarized to question the larger agenda.

Kruse pointed to the NFL’s adoption of rainbow-colored campaigns as evidence of catering to shifting social norms influenced by light-induced hormonal changes, noting, “There’s a lot of gays that like football… that’s the evidence that that’s happening here.

‘He also criticized the media’s role in normalizing distraction over substance, citing figures like Candace Owens who, he claims, focus on drama rather than addressing root causes like abortion’s impact on black communities.

“The liberals, they’re okay about killing black babies… we’ve killed more black babies in abortion clinics than we did anything in slavery,” Kruse said, accusing the media of ignoring these truths to maintain control.

Kruse’s solution is radical yet simple: reject the blue light agenda by embracing natural sunlight and minimizing artificial light exposure. He advocates for incandescent bulbs, blue-blocking glasses, and red-light therapy, urging Schaffer to investigate the LED mandate’s origins.

“I need you as the journalist to go after that story. We need to reverse that effect so we don’t have these lights that we go back to incandescence,” he pleaded, framing it as a fight to restore fertility, family, and freedom.

By seeing the sunrise and reducing screen time, Kruse believes individuals can reclaim their health and resist technocratic control.

Whether you buy into his theories or not, the LED mandate’s implications demand scrutiny. Why did the government push for lights that disrupt our hormones and sleep? Who benefits from a population too tired, too divided, to fight back? As Americans, we pride ourselves on questioning authority—but are we questioning enough?

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BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani Severely Injured in Car Accident

**Please pray for Rudy Giuliani**

America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 81, was severely injured in a car accident this weekend in New Hampshire after assisting a domestic violence victim.

Michael Ragusa, head of Rudy Giuliani’s security, disclosed some details about the car accident in a statement posted to X on Sunday.

“On the evening of August 30, 2025, in New Hampshire, Mayor Giuliani was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Prior to the incident, he was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident. Mayor Giuliani immediately rendered assistance and contacted 911. He remained on scene until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety,” Ragusa said.

Rudy suffered a broken thoracic vertebrae, lacerations, and contusions.

“Following this, while traveling on the highway, Mayor Giuliani’s vehicle was struck from behind at high speed. He was transported to a nearby trauma center, where he was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg,” Giuliani’s head of security said.

This was not a targeted attack.

Rudy is an American hero. He served as one of President Trump’s personal lawyers and served as the Mayor of New York City.

Giuliani also took down the mob as a federal prosecutor in New York in the mid- to late 1980s.

Rudy is also a great ally and friend of The Gateway Pundit. Please pray for his swift recovery.

America’s Mayor Rudy Giulliania with Jim Hoft at the Vindication Conference in Las Vegas – jim hoft photo

BREAKING… please check back for updates.

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Democrat Lehigh County Commissioner Arrested at City Hall In Massive Multi-State Drug Bust

Lehigh County Commissioner Zach Cole Borghi (Credit: Facebook)

Lehigh County Commissioner and Bethlehem Right-to-Know Officer Zachary Cole-Borghi has been arrested as part of an expansive, three-year, multi-state drug ring investigation.

District Attorney Gavin Holihan revealed Friday, that a sweeping narcotics operation led to the arrest of 22 individuals, including Mr. Cole‑Borghi, reportedly nabbed Thursday, at his City Hall office by the Lehigh County Drug Task Force with assistance from the Bethlehem Police Department.

According to court documents, Cole‑Borghi faces charges of possession of one pound of marijuana with intent to deliver.

He has since posted bail and was released.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Authorities executed 26 search warrants and coordinated enforcement across Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery counties, and even into New York, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Daily Voice reported:

“The commissioner is one of more than 20 people charged in a case driven by Lehigh County’s 12th Investigating Grand Jury, which oversaw a probe spanning several years and involving federal, state, and local authorities.

The coordinated operation included arrests across Lehigh, Northampton, and Montgomery counties, as well as in New York, Illinois, and Wisconsin, the DA explained.

In total, investigators executed 26 search warrants, froze 283 financial and cryptocurrency accounts, and seized:

  • More than 2,000 pounds of marijuana
  • Large quantities of THC liquid, cocaine, and MDMA pills
  • Over $100,000 in cash
  • At least 25 firearms, including semi-automatic rifles and ghost guns

Two clandestine laboratories manufacturing illegal THC products were also dismantled by Pennsylvania State Police during the raids.”

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Teachers Union Helps Fund Newsom’s Radical Redistricting Push Ahead of 2025 Vote

Wednesday on "The Siren" podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seemingly called for violence against MAGA and other conservatives.

Wednesday on "The Siren" podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seemingly called for violence against MAGA and other conservatives.

According to Campus Reform, “The California Teachers Association (CTA) has given $3 million to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign for Proposition 50, a redistricting measure that will appear on the state’s Nov. 4, ballot, according to state campaign finance filings.”

The CTA or California Teachers Association’s contribution went directly to Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50.

The radical vengeful measure originated from a three bill package in July where the Dems used a ‘gut and amend’ tactic on A.B. 604, S.B. 260 and A.C.A. 8 in order to help give the legislature control of redistricting for 2026, 2028, 2030 election cycles.

The state’s independent Group would eventually assume control, finally in the year 2031.

According to Assemblyman Carl DeMaio “If this redistricting scheme goes through, voters will have no reason to trust politicians.”

DeMaio told Campus Reform. “Politicians will choose their voters; voters will not choose their politicians.”

Sonja Shaw, who’s running for Superintendent of Education in California, condemned the Union’s support for this proposition.

Shaw wrote on X “The California Teachers Association is behind every attack on our kids, pushing confusion in classrooms, protecting only those who fit their narrative, and selling out teachers to back Newsom’s gerrymander,”

 

The teachers’ union has not yet issued an official statement on its contribution.

The CTA’s pack is apparently one of the state’s largest political spenders, according to Campus Reform.

Leftist groups such as Planned Parenthood of California have vowed to support this measure as well.

“You take away our freedoms, we’ll take away your seats,” President and CEO Jodi Hicks said at a rally, promising her group would “go all in.”

These measures are not being left unchallenged however with Republican lawmakers challenging this law in court. However The California Supreme Court rejected the emergency petition on August 21st.

Gavin Newsom as well as CTA have declined to comment on this matter.

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Basic Civics Test in Oklahoma Triggers Democrat Outrage

Secretary Linda McMahon – Vertex Partnership Academies – Bronx, NY

Democrats are furious with Oklahoma lawmakers for requiring out-of-state teachers, many of them from deep-blue states, to pass a basic civics test before teaching in Oklahoma classrooms.

The law is straightforward: anyone responsible for educating American students must demonstrate knowledge of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and basic principles of government. 

Yet the left is treating this as if it were some radical assault on public education.

 

The test itself is not complicated. It mirrors the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization exam—the same test immigrants must pass to become citizens. 

Sample questions include: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? or What is the supreme law of the land?

If immigrants seeking citizenship can learn these answers, surely teachers entrusted with the education of young Americans should be held to the same standard.

The statistics speak for themselves. 

According to a 2022 survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, only 47% of Americans could name all three branches of government. Even more troubling, 23% could not name a single branch. 

The growing crisis of civic illiteracy reflects decades of neglect in schools where basic U.S. history and constitutional principles have been sidelined in favor of political activism. 

Teachers who do not know or respect America’s founding documents cannot be expected to instill civic responsibility in their students.

Oklahoma’s approach is both reasonable and popular. Polling consistently shows that Americans want more civics in schools. 

A 2021 Gallup poll found that 73% of adults believe K-12 schools should place greater emphasis on teaching civics and government. 

Parents understand that without civic knowledge, the next generation cannot function as informed voters. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed in 2022 that only 22% of eighth graders scored proficient in civics. 

That means nearly four out of five students are failing to grasp the basics of how their government works.

By requiring teachers to pass a civics test, Oklahoma is simply addressing the problem at its root. 

Teachers who arrive from states like California or New York—where curricula often focus more on identity politics than American history—will now be asked to prove they can teach the essentials. 

This is hardly unreasonable. In fact, it is common sense. 

After all, every state requires teachers to pass certification exams in math or reading before stepping into a classroom. 

Why should civics be treated as less important?

Democrats’ backlash reveals a deeper discomfort. Their opposition to Oklahoma’s law is not about the difficulty of the test—it is about the principle behind it.

For decades, the left has resisted efforts to reinforce patriotism, civic duty, and parental rights in education. 

They have promoted radical curricula while downplaying America’s achievements. 

Now, when one state insists that teachers know the very system they are supposed to explain to students, the left calls it an attack.

The truth is simple: no teacher should be allowed to shape the minds of American students without basic civic knowledge.

If immigrants can pass the test, so can teachers. Oklahoma has set a model that other states should follow. 

The outrage from Democrats only proves how far they have strayed from valuing citizenship and national unity.

Every state should demand that educators, especially those coming from failing blue-state systems, pass the same test. 

Anyone stepping foot near American students should know the basics of the republic they are preparing young people to inherit.

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Biden Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Deporting 600 Unaccompanied Guatemalan Children in 4 am Order

A federal judge on Sunday morning blocked the Trump Administration from deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children.

The Trump Administration was preparing to deport 600 Guatemalan children who entered the US alone during the Biden years.

The children, who do not have a parent in the US, were in the care of the Health and Human Services Department. The Trump Administration worked with the Guatemalan government to devise a plan to safely return the children to their families at home.

US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, a Biden appointee, in a 4 am order blocked the Trump Admin from deporting the children within hours of a lawsuit filed by a ‘civil rights’ group.

Judge Sooknanan is holding a hearing on the matter on Sunday. She moved up her emergency hearing from 3 pm ET on Sunday to 12:30 pm ET.

Politico reported:

A federal judge has ordered an emergency halt to an apparent plan by the Trump administration to deport more than 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children to their home country — some within a matter of hours — after immigrant advocacy groups sued, calling the unannounced plan illegal.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued the order just after 4 a.m. Sunday, finding that the “exigent circumstances” described in the lawsuit warranted immediate action “to maintain the status quo until a hearing can be set.” The judge, a Biden appointee, also scheduled a virtual hearing on the matter for 3 p.m. Sunday.

The roughly 600 children arrived in the United States alone and are currently in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement. According to lawyers for the children, the administration is preparing to send them back to Guatemala without notice or a chance to contest their deportation — in some cases abruptly halting their pending immigration proceedings.

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